What's the difference between affy and contest?

Affy


Definition:

  • (v. t.) To confide (one's self to, or in); to trust.
  • (v. t.) To betroth or espouse; to affiance.
  • (v. t.) To bind in faith.
  • (v. i.) To trust or confide.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Purification of the new conjugate was performed in three sequential steps: (1) by HPLC gel filtration on TSK G3000SW to remove the unconjugated ricin: (2) by affinity chromatography on Affi-Gel Blue to separate the free antibody from the conjugate and (3) by affinity chromatography on Sepharose 6B to separate the galactose-binding IT from the non-binding moiety.
  • (2) Calcium-dependent binding to phenothiazine Affi-Gel confirmed that calcium binding induces conformation changes characteristic of calmodulin.
  • (3) In order to increase understanding of the control of inositol-1,3,4-trisphosphate kinase activity, the enzyme was highly purified from rat liver by precipitation with polyethylene glycol, MonoQ ion-exchange chromatography, heparin-agarose affinity chromatography, and a novel affinity chromatography procedure that utilized Affi-Gel resin to which InsP6 was coupled (Marecek, J.F., and Prestwich, G.D. (1991) Tetrahedron Lett.
  • (4) An affinity-purified fraction (APF) was obtained by passing crude somatic antigens of Trichinella spiralis muscle larvae through an Affi-Gel 10 column coupled with anti-Trichuris suis IgG.
  • (5) Rabbit liver tRNA nucleotidyldransferase bound to columns of Affi-Gel Blue and could be specifically eluted with tRNA.
  • (6) A thiol peptidase that catalyzes at near neutral pH the hydrolysis of insulin, the isolated A and B chains of insulin, and glucagon was purified from rat liver cytosol by fractionation on Sephadex G-200, Affi-Gel Blue, and Spherogel TSK-G 3000 SW.
  • (7) Purification involved sonic disruption of bacterial cells, ammonium sulfate fractionation, chromatography on Affi-Gel Blue, chromatofocusing, and gel filtration on Sephadex G-100.
  • (8) The versatility of the Affi-Gel-10 monomer affinity matrix was further demonstrated by purifying 13 mammalian arylsulfatase A enzymes to homogeneity, as assessed by Sephacryl chromatography, native and SDS gel electrophoresis.
  • (9) Pooled serum from normal cattle and sheep and serum from sheep, infected with two different viruses, were prepared for HPIEC by chromatography on CM-Affi-Gel Blue.
  • (10) A chalcone derived from a potent retinobenzoic acid (Ch55) was chosen as the ligand and fixed to an immobilized matrix by coupling with the N-hydroxysuccinimide ester of agarose (Affi-Gel 10, Bio-Rad Laboratories).
  • (11) The purpose of this study was to characterize a suppressive active glycopeptide (SAP) using affinity chromatography (AFFI) and explore its similarity to fibronectin (FN) degradation products.
  • (12) The active fraction, which eluted from an Affi-Gel Blue column between 0.10 and 0.15 M NaCl, was further resolved on a QMA anion exchange column.
  • (13) Angiotensin II antiserum purified by affinity chromatography was covalently coupled to Affi-gel 10 (Affi-gel 10-AB).
  • (14) However, both the GDP- and GTP-bound forms of the N-terminal fragment failed to bind to membranes and phosphatidylserine-linked Affi-Gel.
  • (15) Purification steps included several chromatography using Q-Sepharose Fast Flow, cellulose phosphate, Toyopearl HW 55 and Affi-Gel Blue.
  • (16) Dialyzed serum was chromatographed successively on Affi-gel blue, hydroxyapatite, DE-cellulose, phenyl-Sepharose, an affinity matrix for angiotensin converting enzyme and concanavalin-Sepharose.
  • (17) Plasminogen activating activity appeared resulting from the separation of UKI from PPA-UKI complex through UK-Sepharose or UK-Affi Gel 10 affinity chromatography.
  • (18) A 130-kDa integral membrane glycoprotein from brush border membrane was shown to bind specifically to 4-acetamido-4'-isothiocyanostilbene-2,2'-disulfonate immobilized on Affi-Gel 102 resin.
  • (19) One of them was araUTP-Sepharose 4B which was coupled directly with the ligand and the other was araUTP-Affi-Gel 10 which was coupled with the ligand through a spacer.
  • (20) The product was purified by Affi-Gel Blue followed by Bio-Rex 70 column chromatography.

Contest


Definition:

  • (v. t.) To make a subject of dispute, contention, litigation, or emulation; to contend for; to call in question; to controvert; to oppose; to dispute.
  • (v. t.) To strive earnestly to hold or maintain; to struggle to defend; as, the troops contested every inch of ground.
  • (v. t.) To make a subject of litigation; to defend, as a suit; to dispute or resist; as a claim, by course of law; to controvert.
  • (v. i.) To engage in contention, or emulation; to contend; to strive; to vie; to emulate; -- followed usually by with.
  • (n.) Earnest dispute; strife in argument; controversy; debate; altercation.
  • (n.) Earnest struggle for superiority, victory, defense, etc.; competition; emulation; strife in arms; conflict; combat; encounter.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) The size of Florida makes the kind of face-to-face politics of the earlier contests impossible, requiring instead huge ad spending.
  • (2) Since the election on 7 March there has been a bitter contest for power in Iraq led by Iran, Saudi Arabia and Turkey.
  • (3) It is understood that Cooper rejected pressure from senior Labour figures last week for both her and Liz Kendall to drop out and leave the way clear for Burnham to contest Corbyn alone.
  • (4) As he gears up to contest the Liberal Democrat seat of Gordon in north-east Scotland, Salmond effectively assumes a commanding role in the general election campaign.
  • (5) This is contested by the report of three cases of dilatation of Stensen's duct complicated by lithiasis and stenosis, with associated canalar pseudo-cysts.
  • (6) But in each party there are major issues to be dealt with as the primary phase of the contests slips gradually into the rear-view mirror.
  • (7) It was not just that there was only one female candidate – Berger – across four contests.
  • (8) Who's backing who in the Tory leadership contest The dramatic events have put May well in the lead in parliament, with the public backing of well over 100 MPs, including 10 cabinet ministers, followed by Leadsom, with just under 40 MPs, and then Michael Gove and Stephen Crabb with over 20.
  • (9) South Korea was put on high alert a year ago amid fears that the North was about to provoke a clash in the contested waters of the Yellow Sea.
  • (10) His formal entry into the contest marks a key moment in the nascent race for the Republican nomination, which is set to be the most congested presidential primary either party has held since 1976.
  • (11) 9.59am GMT Summary We’ll leave you with a summary of what transpired here throughout the day: • Julia Gillard announced a contest for her position as prime minister following calls by Simon Crean, a senior minister in her government, for her to be replaced by her predecessor, Kevin Rudd • Shortly before the ballot was to take place Kevin Rudd announced he would not stand for the Labor Party leadership , re-iterating his promise to the Australian people that he would not challenge Julia Gillard • When it came time for the ballot, Gillard was the only person who stood for the leadership and she and her deputy Wayne Swan were elected unopposed .
  • (12) Buhari has described himself as a “converted democrat” who repeatedly contested and lost elections after civilian rule was restored 16 years ago.
  • (13) This study analyzed the cost-effectiveness and distribution of costs by program stage of three smoking cessation programs: a smoking cessation class; an incentive-based quit smoking contest; and a self-help quit smoking kit.
  • (14) Jeremy Corbyn 'would increase mandate if he faced leadership contest' Read more Inside a ground floor hall, there are already no empty seats.
  • (15) The contours of the next Labour leadership contest are hard to see at the moment.
  • (16) The show is so out of touch that 17-year-old contestant Nicholas McDonald complained to Dermot live on air during week five that none of the genres had happened within his lifetime.
  • (17) José Mourinho ended this breathless contest on his knees with a sliding, turf-surfing celebration that was fuelled by relief as much as joy.
  • (18) Summer Zervos: Apprentice contestant claims Trump kissed and groped her Read more “There’s an old principle,” said William Galston , a former adviser to Bill Clinton and now a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution.
  • (19) Tonight the BBC's new singing contest The Voice goes head to head with Simon Cowell's Britain's Got Talent on ITV.
  • (20) Excretion of zinc and especially of silicon through the kidneys and intestine drastically grew on the day of the contest.